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| Midterm Elections 2018: Closing Arguments in Pennsylvania and Across the U.S. | Midterm Elections 2018: Closing Arguments in Pennsylvania and Across the U.S. |
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| On Tuesday, voters will choose the winning candidates for 36 governorships, 435 seats in the House of Representatives and nearly three dozen seats in the Senate, along with thousands of state and local offices. | On Tuesday, voters will choose the winning candidates for 36 governorships, 435 seats in the House of Representatives and nearly three dozen seats in the Senate, along with thousands of state and local offices. |
| New York Times journalists are reporting from around the country this weekend as candidates make their final pitches to the voters who will help shape the United States for the next two years. | New York Times journalists are reporting from around the country this weekend as candidates make their final pitches to the voters who will help shape the United States for the next two years. |
| Follow along for updates from the campaign trail. | Follow along for updates from the campaign trail. |
| • Just catching up? Read up on the five battlefields for control of the House. | • Just catching up? Read up on the five battlefields for control of the House. |
| • Sign up here for texts from Alex Burns, our national political correspondent. | • Sign up here for texts from Alex Burns, our national political correspondent. |
| STROUDSBURG, Pa. — There are no women in this state’s 21-member congressional delegation, the only large state without any. Come January, there will be at least one, because a woman is running against a woman in one race. | STROUDSBURG, Pa. — There are no women in this state’s 21-member congressional delegation, the only large state without any. Come January, there will be at least one, because a woman is running against a woman in one race. |
| And there will likely be more: Polls have four of the seven women running for congressional seats here favored to win — all Democrats. Of those, Susan Wild, running here in a district that includes the old steel towns of Bethlehem and Allentown as well as this one on the edge of the Poconos, was considered to have the toughest race. But national Republicans did not do much to help their nominee, Marty Nothstein. | And there will likely be more: Polls have four of the seven women running for congressional seats here favored to win — all Democrats. Of those, Susan Wild, running here in a district that includes the old steel towns of Bethlehem and Allentown as well as this one on the edge of the Poconos, was considered to have the toughest race. But national Republicans did not do much to help their nominee, Marty Nothstein. |
| (Read more about the women breaking barriers this year in our Campaigning While Female series.) | (Read more about the women breaking barriers this year in our Campaigning While Female series.) |
| On Saturday, Ms. Wild, the mother of two grown children who was the first female city solicitor in Allentown, was wearing a T-shirt saying “A Wild Woman Belongs in the House,” and traveling to all the launch sites for volunteers going door-to-door to support her. | On Saturday, Ms. Wild, the mother of two grown children who was the first female city solicitor in Allentown, was wearing a T-shirt saying “A Wild Woman Belongs in the House,” and traveling to all the launch sites for volunteers going door-to-door to support her. |
| Buses had arrived from New York and Washington carrying volunteers looking to help a candidate in a swing district. Some from Columbia University had informed the campaign they were vegans; luckily there were options for them in the dinner buffets that Muslim groups had prepared for the campaign. (Ms. Wild, known for bringing snacks to events, bought them coffee and almond milk.) | Buses had arrived from New York and Washington carrying volunteers looking to help a candidate in a swing district. Some from Columbia University had informed the campaign they were vegans; luckily there were options for them in the dinner buffets that Muslim groups had prepared for the campaign. (Ms. Wild, known for bringing snacks to events, bought them coffee and almond milk.) |
| Many of the college women, Ms. Wild said, were focused on electing more women. But many volunteers said they were driven by moral concerns: racism, misogyny, anti-Semitism and President Trump’s response to immigration. | Many of the college women, Ms. Wild said, were focused on electing more women. But many volunteers said they were driven by moral concerns: racism, misogyny, anti-Semitism and President Trump’s response to immigration. |
| “It’s critical that America stands for things,” said Jeanette Kuhns, 68. She brought up a group of Muslims raising thousands of dollars for the Pittsburgh synagogue where a shooter killed 11 people last Saturday. | “It’s critical that America stands for things,” said Jeanette Kuhns, 68. She brought up a group of Muslims raising thousands of dollars for the Pittsburgh synagogue where a shooter killed 11 people last Saturday. |
| “We should not be amazed. We should not be surprised. We should say, ‘Ah, that’s an American response,’” Ms. Kuhns said. “When people want to come to this country, talking about them as criminals is not an American response.” | “We should not be amazed. We should not be surprised. We should say, ‘Ah, that’s an American response,’” Ms. Kuhns said. “When people want to come to this country, talking about them as criminals is not an American response.” |
| — Kate Zernike | — Kate Zernike |
| KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kansas Democrats, long relegated to the political margins, see a chance for a breakthrough election on Tuesday. But converting that optimism into victory will require turning out supporters who have grown accustomed to losing. | |
| With that in mind, the Democrats seeking to flip the governorship and two of the state’s four House seats spent Saturday meeting voters on some of this red state’s bluest turf. | |
| In a leafy Topeka neighborhood, Paul Davis, a Democrat running for Congress in a district long held by Republicans, started the morning with supporters who were preparing to knock on the doors of union members. A few hours later, at a Pentecostal church hall in Kansas City, Laura Kelly, the Democratic nominee for governor, and Sharice Davids, who is running for Congress, went table to table shaking hands and posing for photos. | |
| Ms. Kelly, a state senator, has polled nearly even with Secretary of State Kris W. Kobach, her Republican opponent. She is trying to avoid a repeat of what happened here four years ago, when Democrats entered Election Day confident about flipping the governorship but lost amid poor turnout in Wyandotte County, which includes Kansas City. | |
| “Wyandotte can really swing this election, and you want to do that,” Ms. Kelly told members of New Bethel Church as they snacked on hot dogs and Doritos. Out of Kansas’ 105 counties, Wyandotte was among only two where voters preferred Hillary Clinton to President Trump. | |
| — Mitch Smith |